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MOUSTERIAN FLINT SIDE SCRAPER SET - Dordogne - St. Laurent La Vallee, France MIDDLE PALEOLITHIC PERIOD (MOUSTERIAN): 80,000 - 40,000 years ago This superb quality stone tool was fashioned by Neanderthals over 40,000 years ago out of flint and discovered in the world famous region of Dordogne, France, considered to be the "Capitol of Prehistory". These two tools were found within close proximity in St. Laurent La Vallee, France. The site they were from is now closed and protected by the government. These rare artifacts were legally collected with the landowner's permission decades ago before the area was sealed. Dordogne is one of the world's most famous Neanderthal regions and the fact that this archeological site is off-limits to any collecting, makes this wonderful stone tool artifact exceedingly rare and desirable! This is a unique set and we will be only offering less than a handful of tools from this site. They still bear the field label from the original excavator and were purchased directly from him. Both tools are examples of Mousterian side scrapers - the larger being a double parallel scraper and the smaller being a single sided flake scraper. Both were fashioned out of flint and exhibit excellent displays of retouching and shaping on the tool edges. Light butter cream-colored hydration patina adds beauty and increases the visibility of the fine retouched features. Famous site find! NO RESTORATION and NO REPAIR. Our fortunate purchase of a very old private collection from the original excavator allows us to offer these artifacts at a price WELL BELOW THEIR BOOK VALUE. The MOUSTERIAN tool tradition gets its name from artifacts discovered at a primitive rock shelter named Le Moustier located in southwestern France. Compared to the bulkier tools of the Acheulian produced by the Levallois technique, Mousterian tools are comprised of smaller flakes from an exhaustively worked core which are then retouched on the edges to make a large variety of tools. These tools are not only smaller than Acheulian specimens, but they are more specialized for their various tasks. Mousterian tools can be broadly put into four classes: 1) SAWS (Denticulate Tools) and KNIVES, 2) SCRAPERS 3) BORERS 4) HANDAXES, CHOPPERS and CLEAVERS. Mousterian tool-makers were the primitive humans knows as the NEANDERTHALS. Neanderthals had massive skeletons and teeth, flat foreheads and heavy brow ridges. Their skulls were larger than a modern man and contained an average brain capacity of 1500 cc, averaging slightly larger than humans of today. AFFORDABLE DOUBLE SET FROM THIS FAMOUS REGION! 2.4" and 1.75" in lengths $175 M081 INCLUDES DISPLAY BOX Actual Item - One Only |
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